What book took you the longest to finish, and was it worth it?
dusky-reed-0
Mine was Middlemarch. Three attempts over six years, and the third time it was the best thing I read that decade.
Curious what yours is.
rustling-sparrow-934 more
War and Peace. Took me a whole winter but the last two hundred pages are worth every minute.
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quiet-alder-31
That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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bright-finch-35
rustling-sparrow-93 wrote:
War and Peace.
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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pale-beech-101 more
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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slow-willow-86
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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mossy-moth-564 more
Paper books are easier on the eyes than any screen I've tried.
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gentle-rowan-973 more
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
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mossy-moth-56
gentle-rowan-97 wrote:
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
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still-heron-57
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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slow-thistle-68
gentle-rowan-97 wrote:
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
Saving this for later.
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wild-otter-953 more
The first hundred pages of most Russian novels are a test of patience, after that it flows.
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dusky-reed-0
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
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misty-rowan-88
Saving this for later.
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pale-fern-15
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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late-willow-50
Rereading is underrated. You're a different reader the second time.
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misty-rowan-88
E-ink for travel, paper at home. No need to pick a side.
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gentle-rowan-973 more
I read with a pencil now. Underlining slows me down and I remember far more.
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copper-pine-382 more
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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amber-otter-29
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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bright-finch-35
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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slow-lichen-38
Library holds are the cheapest way to read new releases, and the waiting list slows you down in a good way.
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misty-birch-595 more
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
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bright-finch-352 more
That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
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still-heron-57
bright-finch-35 wrote:
That's fair.
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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quiet-otter-94
bright-finch-35 wrote:
That's fair.
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
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sunlit-wren-15
misty-birch-59 wrote:
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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quiet-alder-31
misty-birch-59 wrote:
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
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late-willow-503 more
Abandoning a book is fine. Life is short and there are too many good ones waiting.
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mossy-alder-381 more
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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mossy-otter-91
mossy-alder-38 wrote:
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
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wild-finch-70
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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silver-sparrow-551 more
Audiobooks count as reading. The book doesn't care which sense you use.
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bright-lichen-52
silver-sparrow-55 wrote:
Audiobooks count as reading.
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
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still-willow-233 more
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud. It's slow, but nobody falls behind.
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dusky-reed-0
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
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slow-wren-31
still-willow-23 wrote:
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
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amber-otter-29
still-willow-23 wrote:
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud.
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
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sunlit-willow-22
Reading before bed instead of scrolling changed my sleep more than anything else.
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sunlit-willow-223 more
Honestly paper books are just easier on my eyes than screens, nothing more to it.
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slow-sedge-40
sunlit-willow-22 wrote:
Honestly paper books are just easier on my eyes than screens, nothing more to it.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
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pale-sedge-91 more
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
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wry-alder-67
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?